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NEW YORK — Ant-Man punched above its weight at the weekend box office, debuting with an estimated $58 million, while Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck also opened strongly with $30.2 million.
The result for Ant-Man didn’t match some of Marvel’s better known and brawnier properties. But Ant-Man – a relatively inexpensive superhero movie with a $130 million budget – still dominated North American multiplexes, edging out the little yellow guys of Minions, which took in $50.2 million in its second week.
Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd as a slightly more irreverent and distinctly smaller superhero, came in a little below earlier stand-alone Marvel films like Thor ($65.7 million in 2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger ($65.1 million in 2011).
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The $30.2 million opening for Schumer’s big-screen debut, Trainwreck, which the comedian also wrote, earned an estimated $30.2 million, making the release one of the biggest comedy successes this summer. It’s also the second best opening for Judd Apatow as a director following Knocked Up.
Already a critically acclaimed star for her sketch show Inside Amy Schumer, Schumer’s transition to movies has drawn good reviews and opened above expectations, further showing the power of female moviegoers. The audience was two-thirds women, Universal said.
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Opening in just five locations was Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone. It packed those theatres for an average of $37,623 per screen.
Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellen as an aged Sherlock Holmes, debuted with $2.5 million in 363 theatres.
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